SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

scp
copies files between hosts on a network.
It uses
ssh(1)
for data transfer, and uses the same authentication and provides the
same security as
ssh(1).
Unlike
rcp(1),
scp
will ask for passwords or passphrases if they are needed for
authentication.

File names may contain a user and host specification to indicate
that the file is to be copied to/from that host.
Local file names can be made explicit using absolute or relative pathnames
to avoid
scp
treating file names containing
':'
as host specifiers.
Copies between two remote hosts are also permitted.

Selects the cipher to use for encrypting the data transfer.
This option is directly passed to
ssh(1).

-F ssh_config

Specifies an alternative
per-user configuration file for
ssh.
This option is directly passed to
ssh(1).

-i identity_file

Selects the file from which the identity (private key) for public key
authentication is read.
This option is directly passed to
ssh(1).

-l limit

Limits the used bandwidth, specified in Kbit/s.

-o ssh_option

Can be used to pass options to
ssh
in the format used in
ssh_config(5).
This is useful for specifying options
for which there is no separate
scp
command-line flag.
For full details of the options listed below, and their possible values, see
ssh_config(5).